If you look at the art, Leona holds her shield in the right hand and her sword in her left. However, as seen here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--eqTaN2T3To/VdzC5bai2NI/AAAAAAAAwZw/rLbMzOkvPac/s640/grr.jpg
Leona actually has her shield in her LEFT hand in-game, and her sword in her RIGHT.
And that, my fellows, bothers me. Rito pls fix.
DwarvenGiant6 votesRioters have explained, previously, that splashes don't always reflect the in game models when it comes to these kind of stuff, because the splash artists find these stuff fitting with the composition (another example is Gentleman Gnar's monocle), so they will usually do this kind of stuff on purpose, rather than staying 100% true to the models.
Ramuhdo2 votes(another example is Gentleman Gnar's monocle)
Now that's going to bother me. D:
But all right, shame.
Kinjishi1 votesShe is ambidextrous!
Ebonmaw Dragon1 votesRioters have explained, previously, that splashes don't always reflect the in game models when it comes to these kind of stuff, because the splash artists find these stuff fitting with the composition (another example is Gentleman Gnar's monocle), so they will usually do this kind of stuff on purpose, rather than staying 100% true to the models.
Or Super Galaxy Rumble... there are many champions with the same "mirror effect"
Adrian Blackbear3 votesMirror the splash art so it's facing the opposite direction. Problem solved.
Ramuhdo1 votesThat's pretty much what I'd like for them to do. I understand things getting in the way of the character art in the sales screen but flipping her just feels weird. It doesn't bother me as much as Final Boss Veigar's Q, though, which you can't fix without actually going in and EDITING the image rather than just mirroring.
Aproxima2 votesRiot has actually stated before that they don't give a damn if splash art reflects the in-game model accurately or not as long as it looks pretty.
AxlRose091 votesAaaaaaand now it bothers me too -.-
Valaran Nara1 votesSupposedly, the Superb Villain noted that all of the Project Skins (except Yasuo) are in the same scene, and that they are in the same battle zone.
The only exception is Leona though she's just at a further distance (she is the yellow light glowing at the edge of Fiora's splash)
Archeanthus1 votesThey flip splashes all the time to make them look better for loading screen cards, etc. If you flip the splash around the weapons will be in the correct hands, but for whatever reason it seems Riot decided they wanted her to be facing a certain direction for the splash when displayed in-game.
Zair Umbras1 votesThink of it as if it's a mirror. When you look into a mirror, your left is still on YOUR left, which makes it seem like it's the mirror's right arm rather than left. That'd be my guess.
Embertine1 votesI would prefer leona to be a left handed swordswomen myself. And this isn't the first time the splash has been backwards. Riot does this all the time.
MarshallBananna1 votesArtists tend to flip their work around while drawing. It helps find inconsistencies and warped anatomy. You'll see it a lot in speedpaint videos.
Often times, they keep the flipped version as the final one.
Like the jinx pic with the tattoos on the wrong side, or Heartseeker Ashe, whith trynd having his heart on the wrong side
Rhyto1 votesThere is no such thing as perfection. Period.
